Articles for Barbara October
Residents to take municipality to court over water meters
Witzenberg municipality accused of denying indigent grants to residents who refuse to install water management devices
News | 12 February 2020
Sexual offences courts’ regulations finally gazetted
Date for implementation still to be set
Brief | 6 February 2020
Debt collecting firm Flemix fined for dodgy practice
This is a significant step in reforming micro-lending industry, says law clinic attorney
News | 5 February 2020
Denying people in wheelchairs access to shops is discriminatory, argues lawyer
Mitchells Plain shop owner says policy was implemented to stop “rampant shoplifting”
By Barbara Maregele and Mosima Rafapa
Law | 15 January 2020
“We had no idea he couldn’t walk” claims shop owner who refused access to child in wheelchair
But child’s mom hits back in Equality Court papers
News | 9 January 2020
City to use bylaws to remove refugees
Smith says failure to do this will have dire consequences for the informal traders on Greenmarket Square
Brief | 18 December 2019
Court reprimands shop owner who denied access to child in wheelchair
“No one should be allowed to waste the court’s time unnecessarily” says magistrate
Law | 11 December 2019
The grim life of a Philippi farm worker
But farmers say they too are struggling
News | 22 November 2019
Mitchells Plain store owner given two weeks to respond to Equality Court
Store manager says shop owner might leave the country soon
News | 12 November 2019